The Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions for 2013

According to the Q4 Glassdoor Employee Confidence Survey, one in five employees plan to look for a new job in the next three months, assuming the economy stays the same or improves, To help potential job candidate’s during the interview process, Glassdoor released its annual list of Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions —a compilation of the tens of thousands of interview questions shared by job candidates over the past year.

Some of the questions topping the list included:

1. “If you were to get rid of one state in the US, which would it be and why?” – Asked at Forrester Research, Research Associate candidate.

2. “How many cows are in Canada?” – Asked at Google, Local Data Quality Evaluator candidate.

3. “How many quarters would you need to reach the height of the Empire State building?” – Asked at JetBlue, Pricing/Revenue Management Analyst candidate.

4. “A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?” – Asked at Clark Construction Group, Office Engineer candidate.

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